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Come and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the temple of the LORD.&#8221 So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all whose hearts were willing brought burnt offerings. <a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/29.htm">New Living Translation</a> Then Hezekiah declared, “Now that you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD, bring your sacrifices and thanksgiving offerings to the Temple of the LORD.” So the people brought their sacrifices and thanksgiving offerings, and all whose hearts were willing brought burnt offerings, too. <a href="/esv/2_chronicles/29.htm">English Standard Version</a> Then Hezekiah said, “You have now consecrated yourselves to the LORD. Come near; bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the house of the LORD.” And the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all who were of a willing heart brought burnt offerings. <a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/29.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Then Hezekiah said, “Now that you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the house of the LORD.” So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all whose hearts were willing brought burnt offerings. <a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/29.htm">King James Bible</a> Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the LORD. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings. <a href="/nkjv/2_chronicles/29.htm">New King James Version</a> Then Hezekiah answered and said, “Now that you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD, come near, and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the LORD.” So the assembly brought in sacrifices and thank offerings, and as many as were of a willing heart brought burnt offerings. <a href="/nasb_/2_chronicles/29.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Then Hezekiah said, “Now that you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD, come forward and bring sacrifices and thanksgiving offerings to the house of the LORD.” So the assembly brought sacrifices and thanksgiving offerings, and everyone who was willing brought burnt offerings. <a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/29.htm">NASB 1995</a> Then Hezekiah said, &#8220Now that you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the house of the LORD.&#8221 And the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all those who were willing brought burnt offerings. <a href="/nasb77/2_chronicles/29.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Then Hezekiah answered and said, “Now that you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the house of the LORD.” And the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all those who were willing brought burnt offerings. <a href="/lsb/2_chronicles/29.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Then Hezekiah answered and said, “Now that you have become ordained to Yahweh, approach and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the house of Yahweh.” And the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all those who were willing of heart brought burnt offerings. <a href="/amp/2_chronicles/29.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Then Hezekiah said, “Now you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD; approach and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the LORD.” And the assembly brought in sacrifices and thank offerings, and all those who were willing brought burnt offerings. <a href="/csb/2_chronicles/29.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Hezekiah concluded, “Now you are consecrated to the LORD. Come near and bring sacrifices and thanksgiving offerings to the LORD’s temple.” So the congregation brought sacrifices and thanksgiving offerings, and all those with willing hearts brought burnt offerings. <a href="/hcsb/2_chronicles/29.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Hezekiah concluded, &#8220Now you are consecrated to the LORD. Come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the LORD&#8217s temple.&#8221 So the congregation brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all those with willing hearts brought burnt offerings. <a href="/asv/2_chronicles/29.htm">American Standard Version</a> Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto Jehovah; come near and bring sacrifices and thank-offerings into the house of Jehovah. And the assembly brought in sacrifices and thank-offerings; and as many as were of a willing heart brought burnt-offerings. <a href="/cev/2_chronicles/29.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Hezekiah said to the crowd, "Now that you are once again acceptable to the LORD, bring sacrifices and offerings to give him thanks." The people did this, and some of them voluntarily brought animals to be offered as sacrifices. <a href="/erv/2_chronicles/29.htm">English Revised Version</a> Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the LORD. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a willing heart brought burnt offerings. <a href="/gwt/2_chronicles/29.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Hezekiah said, "You have dedicated your lives to the LORD. Come, bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the LORD's temple." The assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and everyone who was willing brought burnt offerings. <a href="/gnt/2_chronicles/29.htm">Good News Translation</a> Hezekiah said to the people, "Now that you are ritually clean, bring sacrifices as offerings of thanksgiving to the LORD." They obeyed, and some of them also voluntarily brought animals to be sacrificed as burnt offerings. <a href="/isv/2_chronicles/29.htm">International Standard Version</a> After this, Hezekiah announced, "Now that you've consecrated yourselves to the LORD, come near and bring your sacrifices and thanksgiving offerings to the LORD's Temple. So the assembly brought sacrifices and thanksgiving offerings, and everyone who was willing to do so brought burnt offerings. <a href="/msb/2_chronicles/29.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Then Hezekiah said, ?Now that you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the house of the LORD.? So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all whose hearts were willing brought burnt offerings. <a href="/net/2_chronicles/29.htm">NET Bible</a> Hezekiah said, "Now you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD. Come and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the LORD's temple." So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and whoever desired to do so brought burnt sacrifices. <a href="/nheb/2_chronicles/29.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Then Hezekiah answered, "Now you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD; come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the LORD." The assembly brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a willing heart brought burnt offerings. <a href="/wbt/2_chronicles/29.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves to the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank-offerings into the house of the LORD. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank-offerings; and, as many as were of a free heart, burnt-offerings. <a href="/web/2_chronicles/29.htm">World English Bible</a> Then Hezekiah answered, “Now you have consecrated yourselves to Yahweh. Come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into Yahweh’s house.” The assembly brought in sacrifices and thank offerings, and as many as were of a willing heart brought burnt offerings. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_chronicles/29.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And Hezekiah answers and says, “Now you have filled your hand for YHWH, come near, and bring in sacrifices and thank-offerings to the house of YHWH”; and the assembly brings in sacrifices and thank-offerings, and every willing-hearted one—burnt-offerings. <a href="/ylt/2_chronicles/29.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And Hezekiah answereth and saith, 'Now ye have filled your hand to Jehovah, come nigh, and bring in sacrifices and thank-offerings to the house of Jehovah;' and the assembly bring in sacrifices and thank-offerings, and every willing-hearted one -- burnt-offerings. <a href="/slt/2_chronicles/29.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And Hezekiah will answer and say, Now ye filled your hand to Jehovah, draw near and bring sacrifices and praises to the house of Jehovah. And the convocation will bring sacrifices and praises; and all of a willing heart, burnt-offerings.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_chronicles/29.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And Ezechias added, and said: You have filled your hands to the Lord, come and offer victims, and praises in the house of the Lord. And all the multitude offered victims, and praises, and holocausts with a devout mind. <a href="/cpdv/2_chronicles/29.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And now Hezekiah also added: “You have filled your hands for the Lord. Draw near, and offer victims and praises in the house of the Lord.” Therefore, the entire multitude offered victims and praises and holocausts, with devout intention. <a href="/nabre/2_chronicles/29.htm">New American Bible</a> Hezekiah then said: “You have dedicated yourselves to the LORD. Approach, and bring forward the sacrifices and thank offerings for the house of the LORD.” Then the assembly brought forward the sacrifices and thank offerings and all their voluntary burnt offerings. <a href="/nrsvce/2_chronicles/29.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Then Hezekiah said, “You have now consecrated yourselves to the LORD; come near, bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the house of the LORD.” The assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings; and all who were of a willing heart brought burnt offerings.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_chronicles/29.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now you have consecrated yourselves to the way of the LORD; come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the LORD. And the people brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; everything which their hearts desired, they brought in. <a href="/hpbt/2_chronicles/29.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And Hezekiah answered and said: “Therefore, because you are brought near to the way of LORD JEHOVAH, come and bring me sacrifices and thanksgiving to the house of LORD JEHOVAH.” And the people brought sacrifices and thanksgiving, and everything that their heart was desiring, they were bringing.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/2_chronicles/29.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Then Hezekiah answered and said: 'Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank-offerings into the house of the LORD.' And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank-offerings; and as many as were of a willing heart brought burnt-offerings. <a href="/sep/2_chronicles/29.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Then Ezekias answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves to the Lord, bring near and offer sacrifices of praise in the house of the Lord. And the congregation brought sacrifices and thank-offerings into the house of the Lord; and every one who was ready in his heart brought whole-burnt-offerings. <a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/29-31.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zGrb4955Tvs?start=7618" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/29.htm">Hezekiah Restores Temple Worship</a> …30Then King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to sing praises to the LORD in the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness and bowed their heads and worshiped. 31<a href="/hebrew/6030.htm" title="6030: way·ya·‘an (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To answer, respond.">Then</a> <a href="/hebrew/2396.htm" title="2396: yə·ḥiz·qî·yā·hū (N-proper-ms) -- Yah has strengthened, a king of Judah, also several other Isr. ">Hezekiah</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">said,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6258.htm" title="6258: ‘at·tāh (Adv) -- Now. From eth; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive.">“Now</a> <a href="/hebrew/4390.htm" title="4390: mil·lê·ṯem (V-Piel-Perf-2mp) -- To be full, to fill. Or malae; a primitive root, to fill or be full of, in a wide application.">that you have consecrated</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yeḏ·ḵem (N-fsc:: 2mp) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">yourselves</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">to the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5066.htm" title="5066: gō·šū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To draw near, approach. ">come near</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: wə·hā·ḇî·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-Imp-mp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">and bring</a> <a href="/hebrew/2077.htm" title="2077: zə·ḇā·ḥîm (N-mp) -- A sacrifice. From zabach; properly, a slaughter, i.e. The flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice.">sacrifices</a> <a href="/hebrew/8426.htm" title="8426: wə·ṯō·w·ḏō·wṯ (Conj-w:: N-fp) -- From yadah; properly, an extension of the hand, i.e. avowal, or adoration; specifically, a choir of worshippers.">and thank offerings</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: lə·ḇêṯ (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">to the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD.”</a> <a href="/hebrew/6951.htm" title="6951: haq·qā·hāl (Art:: N-ms) -- Assembly, convocation, congregation. From qahal; assemblage.">So the assembly</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: way·yā·ḇî·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">brought</a> <a href="/hebrew/2077.htm" title="2077: zə·ḇā·ḥîm (N-mp) -- A sacrifice. From zabach; properly, a slaughter, i.e. The flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice.">sacrifices</a> <a href="/hebrew/8426.htm" title="8426: wə·ṯō·w·ḏō·wṯ (Conj-w:: N-fp) -- From yadah; properly, an extension of the hand, i.e. avowal, or adoration; specifically, a choir of worshippers.">and thank offerings,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵāl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and all</a> <a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820: lêḇ (N-ms) -- A form of lebab; the heart; also used very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.">whose hearts</a> <a href="/hebrew/5081.htm" title="5081: nə·ḏîḇ (Adj-msc) -- Inclined, generous, noble. From nadab; properly, voluntary, i.e. Generous; hence, magnanimous; as noun, a grandee.">were willing</a> <a href="/hebrew/5930.htm" title="5930: ‘ō·lō·wṯ (N-fp) -- Whole burnt offering. Or mowlah; feminine active participle of alah; a step or; usually a holocaust.">brought burnt offerings.</a> 32The number of burnt offerings the assembly brought was seventy bulls, a hundred rams, and two hundred lambs; all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/leviticus/7-16.htm">Leviticus 7:16</a> If, however, the sacrifice he offers is a vow or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten on the day he presents his sacrifice, but the remainder may be eaten on the next day. <a href="/leviticus/22-18.htm">Leviticus 22:18-21</a> “Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the Israelites and tell them, ‘Any man of the house of Israel or any foreign resident who presents a gift for a burnt offering to the LORD, whether to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, / must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for it to be accepted on your behalf. / You must not present anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf. ... <a href="/deuteronomy/12-6.htm">Deuteronomy 12:6</a> To that place you are to bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and heave offerings, your vow offerings and freewill offerings, as well as the firstborn of your herds and flocks. <a href="/deuteronomy/12-11.htm">Deuteronomy 12:11</a> then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD. <a href="/1_chronicles/16-29.htm">1 Chronicles 16:29</a> Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; bring an offering and come before Him. Worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness; <a href="/2_chronicles/30-22.htm">2 Chronicles 30:22</a> And Hezekiah encouraged all the Levites who performed skillfully before the LORD. For seven days they ate their assigned portion, sacrificing peace offerings and giving thanks to the LORD, the God of their fathers. <a href="/psalms/96-8.htm">Psalm 96:8</a> Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; bring an offering and enter His courts. <a href="/isaiah/1-11.htm">Isaiah 1:11</a> “What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats. <a href="/isaiah/56-7.htm">Isaiah 56:7</a> I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.” <a href="/ezekiel/20-40.htm">Ezekiel 20:40</a> For on My holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land. There I will accept them and will require your offerings and choice gifts, along with all your holy sacrifices. <a href="/malachi/1-11.htm">Malachi 1:11</a> For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts. <a href="/romans/12-1.htm">Romans 12:1</a> Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. <a href="/1_corinthians/6-20.htm">1 Corinthians 6:20</a> you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body. <a href="/2_corinthians/8-5.htm">2 Corinthians 8:5</a> And not only did they do as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us, through the will of God. <a href="/ephesians/5-2.htm">Ephesians 5:2</a> and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the LORD. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings.consecrated yourselves.<a href="/2_chronicles/13-9.htm">2 Chronicles 13:9</a> Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods.sacrifices<a href="/leviticus/1-1.htm">Leviticus 1:1-3:17</a> And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying, … thank<a href="/leviticus/7-12.htm">Leviticus 7:12</a> If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried.and as many, etc.<a href="/leviticus/1-3.htm">Leviticus 1:3</a> If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD.<a href="/leviticus/23-38.htm">Leviticus 23:38</a> Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the LORD.<a href="/ezra/1-4.htm">Ezra 1:4</a> And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_chronicles/29-28.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-29.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-7.htm">Burnt-Offerings</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-28.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-19.htm">Consecrated</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-19.htm">Free</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-10.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-30.htm">Hezekiah</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-25.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-29.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-25.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/29-13.htm">Thank</a> <a href="/psalms/56-12.htm">Thank-Offerings</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-7.htm">Willing</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-5.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_chronicles/29-32.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-32.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-34.htm">Burnt-Offerings</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-32.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-33.htm">Consecrated</a> <a href="/ezra/7-13.htm">Free</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-34.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-36.htm">Hezekiah</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-35.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-32.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-33.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-16.htm">Thank</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-16.htm">Thank-Offerings</a> <a href="/ezra/7-13.htm">Willing</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-8.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">2 Chronicles 29</div>1. <a href="/2_chronicles/29-1.htm">Hezekiah's good reign.</a> 3. <a href="/2_chronicles/29-3.htm">He restores religion</a> 5. <a href="/2_chronicles/29-5.htm">He exhorts the Levites</a> 12. <a href="/2_chronicles/29-12.htm">They sanctify themselves, and cleanse the house of God</a> 20. <a href="/2_chronicles/29-20.htm">Hezekiah offers solemn sacrifices,</a> 24. <a href="/2_chronicles/29-24.htm">wherein the Levites are more forward than the priests</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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His leadership is often seen as a model of faithfulness to God, contrasting with the idolatry of previous kings.“Now that you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD, Consecration involved purification and dedication to God’s service, often through rituals and sacrifices. This reflects the importance of holiness and preparation before approaching God, a theme consistent throughout the Old Testament.come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the house of the LORD.” The temple in Jerusalem was the central place of worship, symbolizing God's presence among His people. Sacrifices and thank offerings were expressions of devotion, gratitude, and atonement, aligning with the sacrificial system established in the Mosaic Law.So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, The collective response of the people indicates a communal commitment to worship and obedience. This act of bringing offerings signifies a return to covenant faithfulness and a desire to honor God.and all whose hearts were willing brought burnt offerings. Burnt offerings were a form of sacrifice where the entire animal was consumed by fire, symbolizing complete surrender to God. The emphasis on willingness highlights the importance of genuine devotion and voluntary worship, echoing themes found in passages like <a href="/exodus/35-5.htm">Exodus 35:5</a>, where offerings are given from a willing heart.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/h/hezekiah.htm">Hezekiah</a> The king of Judah who initiated religious reforms and restored temple worship. He is known for his faithfulness to God and efforts to bring the people back to proper worship. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_assembly.htm">The Assembly</a> The people of Judah who gathered at the temple in response to Hezekiah's call for consecration and worship. Their participation signifies a collective return to God. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_house_of_the_lord.htm">The House of the LORD</a> Refers to the temple in Jerusalem, the central place of worship for the Israelites, where sacrifices and offerings were made. 4. <a href="/topical/s/sacrifices_and_thank_offerings.htm">Sacrifices and Thank Offerings</a> These were offerings made to God as expressions of worship, gratitude, and atonement. They symbolize the people's renewed commitment to God. 5. <a href="/topical/c/consecration.htm">Consecration</a> The act of dedicating oneself to the service of the LORD, involving purification and a commitment to holiness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/c/consecration_precedes_worship.htm">Consecration Precedes Worship</a> Before approaching God with offerings, the people consecrated themselves. This teaches us the importance of preparing our hearts and lives before engaging in worship. <a href="/topical/w/willingness_in_worship.htm">Willingness in Worship</a> The passage highlights that those "whose hearts were willing" brought offerings. True worship stems from a willing and joyful heart, not mere obligation. <a href="/topical/c/community_in_worship.htm">Community in Worship</a> The assembly's collective action underscores the importance of communal worship and the power of a united body of believers in glorifying God. <a href="/topical/g/gratitude_as_worship.htm">Gratitude as Worship</a> Thank offerings were a central part of the worship, reminding us that gratitude should be a key component of our relationship with God. <a href="/topical/h/holistic_worship.htm">Holistic Worship</a> The integration of consecration, sacrifice, and thanksgiving illustrates a holistic approach to worship that involves the heart, mind, and actions.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_chronicles_29.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Chronicles 29</a> <a href="/q/bible's_view_on_tithes,_offerings.htm">What does the Bible say about tithes and offerings?</a> <a href="/q/is_animal_sacrifice_valid_today.htm">2 Chronicles 29:20-24 - Does the concept of animal sacrifice resolving sin stand up to scientific or moral scrutiny in a modern context?</a> <a href="/q/is_there_evidence_of_altar_destruction.htm">In 2 Chronicles 31:1, is there any archaeological evidence confirming the wholesale destruction of pagan altars and high places across Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh?</a> <a href="/q/why_claim_child_sacrifice_without_proof.htm">How can 2 Chronicles 28:3 claim child sacrifice occurred without any clear archeological evidence?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_chronicles/29.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>THE CONSECRATION COMPLETED BY ADDITIONAL SACRIFICES(<a href="/context/2_chronicles/29-31.htm" title="Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the LORD. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings.">2Chronicles 29:31-36</a>).(31) Answered and said.--See <a href="/1_chronicles/12-17.htm" title="And David went out to meet them, and answered and said to them, If you be come peaceably to me to help me, my heart shall be knit to you: but if you be come to betray me to my enemies, seeing there is no wrong in my hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.">1Chronicles 12:17</a>. The phrase is used as we should use it in <a href="/exodus/4-1.htm" title="And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice: for they will say, The LORD has not appeared to you.">Exodus 4:1</a>; <a href="/2_kings/7-13.htm" title="And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray you, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see.">2Kings 7:13</a>.Ye have consecrated . . .--Literally, ye have filled your hand for Jehovah, a phrase used of the consecration of priests (<a href="/leviticus/7-37.htm" title="This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings;">Leviticus 7:37</a>). Here it is addressed to the whole assembly, as the following words prove (unless the text be unsound). The congregation, as well as the sacerdotal order, had consecrated themselves anew to Jehovah, by their presence and participation in the previous solemnities. Others suppose that these words are spoken to the priests only, and that then the king turns to the congregation with the words "Come near," &c. (There should be a semicolon after "the Lord.") . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_chronicles/29.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 31. - Ye have consecrated yourselves. The Hebrew text is (with the margin of both Authorized and Revised Versions), "have filled your hands to Jehovah." Our somewhat awkward and somewhat misleading reproduction in English of the Hebrew text is, nevertheless, on the whole defensible. The phrase occurs some seventeen times (<a href="/exodus/28-41.htm">Exodus 28:41</a>; <a href="/exodus/29-9.htm">Exodus 29:9, 29, 33, 35</a>; <a href="/exodus/32-29.htm">Exodus 32:29</a>; <a href="/leviticus/8-33.htm">Leviticus 8:33</a>; <a href="/leviticus/16-32.htm">Leviticus 16:32</a>; <a href="/leviticus/21-10.htm">Leviticus 21:10</a>; <a href="/numbers/3-3.htm">Numbers 3:3</a>; <a href="/judges/17-5.htm">Judges 17:5, 12</a>; <a href="/1_kings/13-33.htm">1 Kings 13:33</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/29-5.htm">1 Chronicles 29:5</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/13-9.htm">2 Chronicles 13:9</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/43-26.htm">Ezekiel 43:26</a>), and in some of these instances is most conveniently represented by the rendering "consecrate." The plural noun הַמִּלֻאִים, or חַמִּלוּאִיִם, is found thirteen times, in three of which places it is spoken of "stones to be set," as e.g. "for" or "in the ephod" (<a href="/exodus/25-7.htm">Exodus 25:7</a>; <a href="/exodus/35-9.htm">Exodus 35:9, 27</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/29-2.htm">1 Chronicles 29:2</a>); and in the other ten, of "consecration," as e.g. "a ram of consecration," "the ram of Aaron's consecration" (<a href="/exodus/29-22.htm">Exodus 29:22, 26, 27, 31, 34</a>; <a href="/leviticus/7-37.htm">Leviticus 7:37</a>; <a href="/leviticus/8-22.htm">Leviticus 8:22, 28, 29, 31, 33</a>). Some think our text, "Now ye have consecrated yourselves," glances at the sacrifices of a propitiatory sort, which had just been completed; others, that the reference is by anticipation - to the fact that the people invited to draw near had, in an honourable, holy, and sincerely devoted way, armed themselves with worthy offerings. The sacrifices and thank offerings were sacrifices "of thank offerings," in the nature of the peace offerings (<a href="/leviticus/7-11.htm">Leviticus 7:11-21, 29-36</a>). The burnt offerings marked the "free heart," inasmuch as there was nothing of them reserved from the consuming of the altar for use. As many as were of a free heart; Hebrew, וְכָל־נְרִיב לֵב. Among some sixty occurrences of this word, in its verb, noun, or (as hero) adjective form, perhaps the most touching and beautifully expressive is that of <a href="/psalms/60-12.htm">Psalm 60:12</a>, "Uphold me with thy free Spirit." Sacrifices; Hebrew, זְבָחִים. This is the plural of זֶבַח- a word that expresses the generic idea, as e.g. the feast of sacrifice; again, the act of slaying and sacrificing a victim; again, the victim itself; again, those kinds of sacrifices that were expiatory or eucharistic, but not holocaustic (<a href="/leviticus/7-12.htm">Leviticus 7:12</a>). Thank offerings; Hebrew, תּודות. This word occurs about thirty-two times; in about two-thirds of that number denoting the spiritual acts of giving of thanks, even when accompanied by the figurative idea of "sacrifices" (<a href="/psalms/56-13.htm">Psalm 56:13</a>; <a href="/psalms/107-22.htm">Psalm 107:22</a>; <a href="/psalms/116-17.htm">Psalm 116:17</a>), the genuine adoring praise or thanksgiving constituting the sacrifice; and in the other third denoting strictly sacrificial offerings, as several times in Leviticus (Leviticus 7:12; 22:29) and here. Our <a href="/2_chronicles/33-16.htm">2 Chronicles 33:16</a> classifies these with "peace offerings" (שְׁלָמִים), as do many other passages with "burnt offerings" generally (<a href="/judges/20-26.htm">Judges 20:26</a>; <a href="/judges/21-4.htm">Judges 21:4</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/13-9.htm">1 Samuel 13:9</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/6-17.htm">2 Samuel 6:17</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/16-1.htm">1 Chronicles 16:1</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/21-26.htm">1 Chronicles 21:26</a>). <a href="/commentaries/2_chronicles/29-31.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Then Hezekiah יְחִזְקִיָּ֜הוּ (yə·ḥiz·qî·yā·hū) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2396.htm">Strong's 2396: </a> Hezekiah -- 'Yah has strengthened', a king of Judah, also several other Israelites said, וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say “Now עַתָּ֨ה (‘at·tāh) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6258.htm">Strong's 6258: </a> At this time [that] you have consecrated מִלֵּאתֶ֤ם (mil·lê·ṯem) Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4390.htm">Strong's 4390: </a> To fill, be full of yourselves יֶדְכֶם֙ (yeḏ·ḵem) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> A hand to the LORD, לַיהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel come near גֹּ֧שׁוּ (gō·šū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5066.htm">Strong's 5066: </a> To draw near, approach and bring וְהָבִ֛יאוּ (wə·hā·ḇî·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go sacrifices זְבָחִ֥ים (zə·ḇā·ḥîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2077.htm">Strong's 2077: </a> A slaughter, the flesh of an animal, a sacrifice and thank offerings וְתוֹד֖וֹת (wə·ṯō·w·ḏō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8426.htm">Strong's 8426: </a> An extension of the hand, avowal, adoration, a choir of worshippers to the house לְבֵ֣ית (lə·ḇêṯ) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house of the LORD.” יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel So the assembly הַקָּהָל֙ (haq·qā·hāl) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6951.htm">Strong's 6951: </a> Assembly, convocation, congregation brought וַיָּבִ֤יאוּ (way·yā·ḇî·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go sacrifices זְבָחִ֣ים (zə·ḇā·ḥîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2077.htm">Strong's 2077: </a> A slaughter, the flesh of an animal, a sacrifice and thank offerings, וְתוֹד֔וֹת (wə·ṯō·w·ḏō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8426.htm">Strong's 8426: </a> An extension of the hand, avowal, adoration, a choir of worshippers and all וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every whose hearts לֵ֖ב (lêḇ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3820.htm">Strong's 3820: </a> The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre were willing נְדִ֥יב (nə·ḏîḇ) Adjective - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5081.htm">Strong's 5081: </a> Voluntary, generous, magnanimous, a grandee brought burnt offerings. עֹלֽוֹת׃ (‘ō·lō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5930.htm">Strong's 5930: </a> Whole burnt offering <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/29-31.htm">2 Chronicles 29:31 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/29-31.htm">2 Chronicles 29:31 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_chronicles/29-31.htm">2 Chronicles 29:31 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/29-31.htm">2 Chronicles 29:31 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/29-31.htm">2 Chronicles 29:31 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_chronicles/29-31.htm">2 Chronicles 29:31 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_chronicles/29-31.htm">2 Chronicles 29:31 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_chronicles/29-31.htm">2 Chronicles 29:31 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_chronicles/29-31.htm">2 Chronicles 29:31 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_chronicles/29-31.htm">2 Chronicles 29:31 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-31.htm">OT History: 2 Chronicles 29:31 Then Hezekiah answered Now you have consecrated (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-30.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 29:30"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 29:30" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-32.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 29:32"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 29:32" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>